2022Final results
2022 election for North Carolina Senate District 18
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Mary Wills Bode (D) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating E. C. Sykes (R) by 5.4 points.
Mary Wills BodeDemocrat · winner
51.4%42,783
E. C. SykesRepublican
46.0%38,296
Ryan BrownLibertarian
2.7%2,219
83,298 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 2, 2026, 5:14 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2022
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 2, 2026, 5:14 AM ET